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Music Videos The Best Moments From Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Music Video A new song snippet, a cameo from Demar Derozan, and more. By Aron A. July 05, 2024
Music Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean To Reunite Alongside Doechii & More Stars For Miami's Jazz In The Gardens As controversial as Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and the Fugees' live performance dynamics tend to be, this looks like something special. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Summer Walker Channels Marvin Sapp After Chris Brown Announces More Breezy Bowl XX Dates Summer Walker is currently working on her new album set for 2025. She teased the album with a voicemail including Lil Meech. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 06, 2025
Viral The Weeknd Performs "Timeless" With Kai Cenat During Playboi Carti's Rolling Loud LA Set Fellow streamer Young Dabo accompanied Kai Cenat at Playboi Carti's performance, where The Weeknd showed both of them love. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Busta Rhymes Settles Assault Lawsuit With Ex-Assistant Busta Rhymes was sued by his ex-assistant last August after the rapper turned himself in when the alleged incident occurred in January 2025. By Zachary Horvath April 30, 2026
Music Freddie Gibbs Mocks Gucci Mane's Pooh Shiesty Diss Track "Crash Dummy" Freddie Gibbs weighed in on the debate over whether or not Gucci Mane snitched on Pooh Shiesty in his "Crash Dummy" diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2026
Relationships Justin Bieber Unfollows His Wife Hailey On Instagram But Has An Explanation Justin Bieber says he didn't intend to unfollow Hailey. By Cole Blake January 21, 2025
Music JPEGMAFIA's Berlin Show Shut Down After Pepper Spray Incident Leads To Several Injuries The attendees ended up having to evacuate. By Cole Blake January 21, 2025
Music Fuerza Regida Rapper Claims That Drake Is Starting A New Record Label The rapper also has Spanish-language collabs in the works. By Elias Andrews August 12, 2024
Music Lil Durk Files To Have Text Message Removed From Upcoming Trial Lil Durk is going to trial on August 20th in his murder-for-hire case, and he is looking to have a text message taken out of evidence. By Alexander Cole July 28, 2026
Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Get Soulful On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Erykah Badu, The Alchemist, and Samara Cyn gave us a very short but very satisfying update to our "R&B Season" playlist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Mero To Replace "Ebro In The Morning" On Hot 97 Mero described Hot 97 as "the voice of NYC hip-hop and culture" in a press release along with the announcement. By Cole Blake January 12, 2026